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Halo |OT13|
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MrGreencastle
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Really? I wouldn't know, I never got the chance to vote for them.
not really surprising. I mean honestly who asked for more big maps, especially ones that are boring and brown? It's incomprehensible. Everything 343 does is so illogical.
I'm going to assume these things were farmed out to certain affinity too.
Do you guys think 343 caught on that we don't like massive, BTB based white UNSC mining/science labs stationed on a brown mountain?
Fuck, gimme some covenant. Or at least a Headlong/Blackout style human environments. Enough with the fucking UNSC. The infinity can simulate any environment, but it simulates the places spartans would be at most frequently.
Fuck, gimme some covenant. Or at least a Headlong/Blackout style human environments. Enough with the fucking UNSC. The infinity can simulate any environment, but it simulates the places spartans would be at most frequently.
Poker Face
Member
what the fuck is going on
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Well.. that's weird. Why in the world didn't 343 do their own maps in the first place..?
UnlovedJew
Member
I was just about to post this. Have they done anything Halo related before? Seems weird that we're just hearing this now second-hand.
Next map pack outsourced to Bungie.
Demoncarnotaur
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Franklinator
Member
a secret third developer emerges
ElRenoRaven
Member
Whelp that explains why they suck. Never was a big fan of their work.
Pop
Member
So people who bought the map pass wasted 800 micro points. Isn't that just lovely. This is severely unacceptable.
Decisions and actions coming from 343i has me questioning the future of Halo. I'm already not liking H4 cause of it. Gameplay is solid but the decisions behind playlists and removing legacy features has made my experience unenjoyable.
Decisions and actions coming from 343i has me questioning the future of Halo. I'm already not liking H4 cause of it. Gameplay is solid but the decisions behind playlists and removing legacy features has made my experience unenjoyable.
Steelyuhas
Member
Reagan's BR
Banned
If someone else is making all the maps then what is 343 doing?
The UI and Join in Progress.
inb4 making Grunts pick a restaurant for lunch
So 343i outsources this stuff to CA, who gets so much of it that they started outsourcing it to Digital Extremes?
Who even makes this game?
Reagan's BR
Banned
Well obviously they aren't fixing the game...goodness everything about Halo 4 has been a complete disaster.
Nope, the UI also doesn't seem to be designed by them.
Someone said that while reading the credits
I guess now I'm confused about the workflow at 343. Does Kynan do the map overviews and blockouts, then hand it off to whoever they're outsourcing to for artists? In the walkthroughs, he speaks as if the core MP team is really involved, so I assume they've got a high level of oversight on the outsourcing. I just wonder if the level of control is really what it needs to be to maintain the quality bar they should be hitting - things like the framerate on Wreckage just flat out should not happen.
The Halo 2 Map Pack disc came with a cool documentary that showed how the MP designers would split up into small teams with a designer and a couple of in-house, full time artists and really be able to create something cohesive that they had intense amounts of control on. I wonder how much of that is simply not realistic anymore due to how expensive asset generation is now. I just think that the benefits of having a unified vision and being able to quickly hammer out the issues and not have to wait for check-ins and milestones from another developer would outweigh the cost of having that talent in-house, but I'm not really much of a businessman, nor do I really know what their process is like.
The Halo 2 Map Pack disc came with a cool documentary that showed how the MP designers would split up into small teams with a designer and a couple of in-house, full time artists and really be able to create something cohesive that they had intense amounts of control on. I wonder how much of that is simply not realistic anymore due to how expensive asset generation is now. I just think that the benefits of having a unified vision and being able to quickly hammer out the issues and not have to wait for check-ins and milestones from another developer would outweigh the cost of having that talent in-house, but I'm not really much of a businessman, nor do I really know what their process is like.
Der Flatulator
Member
Someone want to sum up the DLC shenanigans?
First no-one could have them, then they were free, now they aren't but LE owners still mad?
i.e. I have LE, what do I do when I get home tonight to download the map pack?
First no-one could have them, then they were free, now they aren't but LE owners still mad?
i.e. I have LE, what do I do when I get home tonight to download the map pack?
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Halo 7.
Reagan's BR
Banned
I've invested a lot in this franchise in terms of money and time only to be burned by this series time and time again since 2010.
-launch Halo 4
-Pres Start, select Marketplace
-Download Maps when prompted
-Crimson DLC playlist
-cry
Halo 8
1) Maps are available at 5am to non LE/Season Pass Owners
2) Maps become available 9 hours later to everyone for free
3) Frankie apologizes via this thread
4) MS says if you download the free maps you are fine
5) LE members get fucked (again)
Making Forza cars, of course!
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I really like what their doing with the HDR on Harvest. I love this kind of low key ambient lighting with the mourning/dusk bright sunlight shining through.
The minerals on the Shatter map look surprisingly convincing despite any apparent sort of complex opacity, refraction or SSS effects. I wonder what they did with the materialto achieve the effect, maybe its just some emissive and fresnel effects?
The particle effects on wreckage are pretty sweet since you can find them all over the place. I also like the god rays that peer through the grating on the smashed side of the middle ship.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
WHY ARE YOU SCARED OF THE TRUTH?
I like the bright fucking light that makes it so I can't look to one side.
xxjuicesxx
Member
1. DLC maps were free for some people
2. Population still terrible.
3. RIP Halo
4. Juices gets hired to save Halo 5
5. Merry Christmas!
MaximumFlipFlop
Banned
Bro you ain't even pro.
Reagan's BR
Banned
So when are the LE owners getting their free $10?
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Yeah, those mancannon achievements are definitely glitched. Got them both at one when me and another guy killed each other. I don't even think we were off the ground.
I like the maps so far. Harvest has the best aesthetic by far. Some fun objective play on them so far!
I like the maps so far. Harvest has the best aesthetic by far. Some fun objective play on them so far!
HigherLevel
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They did more than just these maps, they were mentioned in the credits. I don't think it said what for though.
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